iphone contantly wont stop asking to turn on airplane mode

ted50426 · 10-17-2008, 02:20 PM

yesterday i pluged my iphone into a monster cable in the car to charge it. and it asked me if i wanted to turn on airplane mode to reduce interference. i pressed no because i only wanted to charge the phone not play music. so i let it charge only, (no music being played). and after it had charged i unplugged it and went on my way, now at random intervals it asks me wether i want to turn on airplane mode or not, it will ask me mid text or if it is just sitting there at night. and it drains the battery. i tried plugging it back into the cable and unplugging it again but that did nothing, i also cleared all of the memory from the phone and reloaded it with my back up from itunes but it still does this. im so lost at this point, any help would be appreciated.
Ted

dturner · 10-17-2008, 02:37 PM

Wow, never heard of this one. Did you do a hard reset of the phone or just turn it off and back on?

ted50426 · 10-17-2008, 02:44 PM

did a hard reset, took 1 hour, i have turned it on and off many times, i am stumped

dturner · 10-17-2008, 02:49 PM

I too am stumped. Is this the V1 or 3G? Have you tried saying yes to the airplane mode? Maybe that will end it. If and when you get this fixed, I would not be using that charger again.
May end up going to Apple Store if there is one near you.

ted50426 · 10-17-2008, 03:09 PM

its a V1, and yes i have said yes too it, it puts it into airplane mode and then i have to go into settings and turn airplane mode off, then it will ask me the same question again later

dturner · 10-17-2008, 03:13 PM

One last suggestion and after that I am stumped. Try plugging and unplugging several times. This happens sometimes using headphones and when unplugged there is no sound from the speaker on the phone. You sometimes have to do it several times to get to work.
There are smarter people on here and I am sure you will get a suggestion that works.

ted50426 · 10-17-2008, 03:26 PM

i will give that a try, my girlfriend has the cable right now so it will have to wait until she gets off work, i have a screenshot of the message now

Saverino · 10-17-2008, 06:50 PM

The only thing I can think of is that it somehow damaged the prongs? But I don't see how you could constantly keep getting the message though.

And what do you mean by hard reset? I'm assuming you're talking about restoring, but if not, you should definitely try that.